Chevelle 25.5 Roll Cage Build! The Ghost. Part 1. Main Hoop, #1 Bar, Harness, Helmet Bars Bend Notch

[@skitv8780]

Between your sick fab skills and that rad hair this is one of the best Chevelle cage videos around!

[@keefershotrodshop]

Thanks! I appreciate it and thanks for watching!

[@sampson7941]

Dude, you're so sick with it ! Anyone should be honored for you to slap a cage in their ride. I would be for sure

[@keefershotrodshop]

Thank you! I appreciate it! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@tomdivito264]

❤

[@markwaltrip8960]

Glad to see a fellow long-haired white boy doing some quality work😊

[@keefershotrodshop]

Haha, can't deny that! Thanks!

[@terrymccloud2089]

I think you should be very proud of yourself for your knowledge and working for yourself

[@keefershotrodshop]

Thank you! I'm definitely lucky to be able to do what I do. Thanks for watching!

[@terrymccloud2089]

@@keefershotrodshop Hey have you ever thought about putting a metal welded nameplate keefers on each door bar It would be great advertisement and I think you deserve it

[@keefershotrodshop]

@@terrymccloud2089 Actually, chassis are required to have a manufacturer tag on them, so the Nova will likely end up getting a tag on the driver's side. Thanks for the compliment!

[@mountainsgarage]

I am up north in Maine, but still love the sweet tea! You probably have better stuff down there! Once again your unreal skills are on display, and your patience!

[@keefershotrodshop]

Glad to hear it! I consider it a true elixir! haha, I am always surprised when I meet people from the Southeast who don't like it, but glad to hear there is a fan Down East! Thanks for the compliment! I take a while, but I try to get it right! Good to hear from you!

[@tomdivito264]

The guy that Owns that car it Real Lucky to have Met you ! 😂

[@keefershotrodshop]

I feel lucky to have met the owner! haha, Thanks for chiming in! Looking forward to getting part 2 edited and posted. It's a sweet project, glad to have the opportunity to work on it!

[@tomdivito264]

Yes he is

[@randywiddis]

I forgot I saw this one with the down bars..😅

[@keefershotrodshop]

haha all good! I kinda glossed over them if I remember correctly. Had a new memory card on order and got tired of deleting old videos haha. Hopefully I'll have part 4 up soon, I filmed it like two months ago! haven't set aside the time to finish editing. I'll be doing the roof diagonal in that episode.

[@randywiddis]

@keefershotrodshop I don't know how to contact you other than this. Fyi.. My subscribers really took off when I started doing shorts. I'll do short updates while doing the video. The video has more details. Also.. shorts of the dumbest things have gotten me the most views and subs... lol

[@awsom70]

New subscriber. Recently came across your channel. I must say you do top notch work. Awesome skills man.

[@keefershotrodshop]

Thank you! I appreciate it! Thanks for watching.

[@KarKamp]

You should consider doing a few informational videos on a couple different things like bending processes tips & tricks type of thing also with the grinding you do to help fit the tubes, finding & applying measurements. Most people know the majority of the tools you use but using them as effectively as you do is the difference. Great work though keep it up

[@keefershotrodshop]

Thanks, I try to put tips and technique "here-and-there" in the videos, but I might do something like that if it would be helpful. Thanks, and I will endeavor to keep it up. Thanks for watching!

[@randywiddis]

Im curious if the owner put solid body mounts in.

[@keefershotrodshop]

The car has rubber body mounts in it currently, but I will be installing aluminum body mounts from TRZ Motorsports in the car when I lift the body to complete the roll cage welds.

[@randywiddis]

@@keefershotrodshop I'll be watching. Where do I get specs for an 8.50 cage? I'm can't find any clear information.

[@keefershotrodshop]

@@randywiddis The NHRA Rule Book, Page 342 and around that section www.nhraracer.com/Files/Tech/2023_NHRA_Rulebook_23_08_23.pdf

[@keefershotrodshop]

Begin reading on page 336 under "4:11 Roll Cage", and the diagram is later on page 342

[@randywiddis]

@keefershotrodshop Cool.. I printed that whole book out, and it wasn't there. Thank you

[@davidvonanderseck8649]

I've been watching your video and learning a lot to what I gotta do with my Pontiac Lamans. Thanks. Also, I have a question why are you drilling gas expansion holes? I never heard of anything like that before . I don't have a tube bender. Most likely we'll just buy a road cage kit and welded in. Just exactly how you're doing it.

[@keefershotrodshop]

Thanks for watching. The gas expansion holes are there so that as the tube heats up from welding and air inside of it heats up and expands, that air has a place to go instead of through the molten puddle of the last weld on the tube that would seal it completely if the system of holes were not in place. If you let everything cool and are quick with the last weld, I've heard that weldments can be successfully completed without the holes, but I do not want to take the unneeded chance that the weld puddle will blow out and make a mess and contaminate my tungsten because it was blown out from pressure inside of the tube. Thanks again for watching, and good luck with your project! I like LeMans', I want to find a '65 one day.

[@davidvonanderseck8649]

@@keefershotrodshop that's something that I didn't know about Welding with Tig I just have a stick welder And a regular mig no gas I was actually going to welder tubes in with the stick Awesome vacation skills. I'm coming back to watch your videos again so I can get a road cage in my Pontiac.

[@keefershotrodshop]

@@davidvonanderseck8649 If you stick weld your cage together, it won't be legal to race in NHRA. You can MIG weld a mild steel cage, but if you make it from chromoly, it has be be TIG welded. If you do MIG weld your cage, I'd recommend using shielding gas. NHRA and some other sanctioning bodies are specific with that sort of thing if you want to race at events/tracks sanctioned by them. Thanks again and good luck with your project!

[@davidvonanderseck8649]

@@keefershotrodshop wow thank you so much. I did not know that.... I have a big welder, but it's fluxcore I was just going to stick well the thing together ... I'm a pretty good stick welder.... thanks

[@AdventureswithBigJohn]

That’s a badass ride! What’s a cage like that cost if you don’t mind my asking?😊

[@bosqueboys]

How much angle forward or backwards do they allow on that main hoop?

[@keefershotrodshop]

In the SFI 25.5 book, they allow up to 20 degrees for main hoop lean-back, If I remember correctly. Interestingly, I don't think that the 25.3 or 25.2 books say anything about angle, but I'd have to check on/verify that. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@chrisholland8235]

Wheel tubs to

[@funfun8095]

Why don't you use a 17 or even a 9 torch? Would have a lot more room. Also, as many cages as you do, have you thought about a tig button? I wanted to watch your 25.3 videos, but movement made me sick. This video is a lot better. Hopefully I can catch up from here.

[@keefershotrodshop]

Hi, the torch i use is a 17, and I actually have a #9 for tight spots. I haven't needed to switch to it yet for this project, but might as I finish up all of the welds. Someone else brought up a hand control for the torch, I know someone who used to use one, and I have considered something like that, but typically the pedal can be made to work, even in crazy positions. My older videos on the Nova project are definitely shaky, I didn't really have any filming equipment, other than my ipod, so I hope you feel better soon from them making you sick. Also, I'm glad the newer videos are better, I try to make them a lot more stable. Thanks for watching and following along!

[@funfun8095]

@@keefershotrodshop Ah, ok. I have a 17 and a stubby gas lens kit for it. It's a lot more compact than what you're using. Weldmonger sells the kit.

[@keefershotrodshop]

@@funfun8095 I have an "Arsenal" kit for a #9 torch from Jody that I got with an inverter Miller machine. Might show up on the channel at some point!

[@funfun8095]

@@keefershotrodshop Nice. I use to use a 9 where I used to work. Now work from home. I'm going to upgrade to a 325 amp machine and trying to decide on what liquid cooled torch to go with. I do a lot of aluminum welding and will have the machine dedicated just for that. What's smallest 300amp torches that you would recommend? Thanks for the replies!

[@keefershotrodshop]

@@funfun8095 I don't have much experience with aluminum or high amperage stuff. Check out Chris Razor, Steve Morris interviewed him, and he gave a lot of insight into that stuff; small torches with aluminum. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIPbcnSEptKlgpI